now people have ways around this bug like going to older save or cooking a pot of stew but a lot of these workarounds have side effects like:
taking 10 in game or real time minutes for the quest start
When asked to join the men attacking at a fort, there may be no men to join
every one at the fort that you are supposed be attacking are dead or did not spawn making the quest unwinnable
I hope its fixed in 1.9